A major challenge for many undocumented immigrants on their journey to naturalization—the legal process by which a non-U.S. citizen voluntarily becomes a U.S. citizen—is the risk of separation from family members or the difficulties related to keeping families together.
Challenges like these can be seriously deter those who wish to gain legal status in the United States. Our mission is to provide hope to such individuals.
This was the case for Ms. M, who retained our firm and successfully became a United States citizen. However, obtaining automatic citizenship for her adopted children proved challenging, especially as there was a shared custody arrangement involved
Our firm decided the best approach was to file an application for a Certificate of Citizenship for each of Ms. M’s children, called a Form N-600.
The N-600 form provides individuals with an official certificate, which serves as documented proof of their citizenship status.
In Ms. M’s case, this strategy was not straightforward. The law required Ms. M to have both legal and physical custody of her children to confer automatic citizenship—and shared custody with her ex-spouse complicated the matter.
This was not a deterrent for our team. We were able to prove that, as an adoptive mother, Ms. M met the requirements after responding to a request for additional evidence, including legal documents from the children’s home country of Venezuela.
With the dedication of our team and the faithfulness of Ms. M, her children received their invitation to be sworn in as U.S. citizens!
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